INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHY
NY: The Scovill and Adams Company, 1895. First U.S. edition. 12mo., (viii), 95, [1], ii pp., adverts, illustrated. Printed stiff paper wrappers. Near fine. Roosens and Salu No. 5321. OCLC locates only seven copies. More
NY: The Scovill and Adams Company, 1895. First U.S. edition. 12mo., (viii), 95, [1], ii pp., adverts, illustrated. Printed stiff paper wrappers. Near fine. Roosens and Salu No. 5321. OCLC locates only seven copies. More
NY: Scovill Manufacturing Company, 1883. Abney. First American edition. 8vo., vii, 192 pp., 36 pp. adverts, engraved illustrations. Printed stiff wrappers. The lightly chipped and stained wrappers have been expertly repaired and attached with a new printed paper spine. Small piece torn from the top corner of the first blank;..... More
London: Puiper & Carter, 1874. First trade edition after a privately printed edition. 12mo., viii, errata slip, 168 pp., viii adverts, illustrations in text, adverts. Original printed wrappers lightly worn and soiled, hand lettered "ABNEY '74" on the blank spine. Very good. Photomechanical techniques and detailed information on a wide..... More
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1970. Adams, Ansel. First revised edition. 8vo., 304 pp., illustrated. Near fine in a slightly worn pictorial dust jacket. For those who still use film and the darkroom, an essential reference and manual. For those of the digital era, yes, even you can benifit from..... More
NY: Scovill and Adams, 1892. Fourth edition. 8vo., 215 pp., illustrations in text, plate with tissue guard. Newly bound in paper over boards, with printed label on front. Slight foxing especially at edges, faint stains, a few tips creased; else very good. This manual leads the reader through darkroom procedures..... More
NY: Scovill and Adams, 1897. Sixth edition, eighth thousand. 8vo., 215 pp., illustrations in text. Publisher's decorative illustrated paper wrappers. Previous owner's neat stamp on the title page; a small sliver is lacking from the blank rear wrapper; else near fine. This manual leads the reader through darkroom procedures, printing..... More
Binghamton, NY: Agfa Ansco Corporation, [1936]. Revised to January 1, 1936. Small 8vo., [52] pp., illustrations from photographs. Stiff paper wrappers, which are rubbed; one 4 pp. signature is detached, small stain to the blank margin of a few leaves, ink additions and revisions to some prices. Very good. [with]..... More
Binghamton, NY: Agfa Ansco Corporation, [1937]. Small 8vo., 32 pp. Stiff paper wrappers. Pencil and ink notations. Very good. Contents include chemistry for the photographer, components and action of developers, fixer, mixing; Agfa formulas - developers, fixers, reducers, intensifiers, toners; chemicals and prepared developers. More
Binghamton, NY: Agfa Ansco Corporation, 1940. 8vos., 40 pp., illustrations from photographs. Pictorial stiff wrappers, which are lightly rubbed. Very good. A priced and indexed catalogue of cameras, films, papers and chemicals. More
Binghamton, NY: Agfa Ansco Corporation, [ca. 1927]. Narrow 24mo., 54 pp., illustrated. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Very good. A manual for using the Memo Camera, which uses a roll of motion picture film. The film could be printed by contact or enlargement, or the negative strips could be printed on positive..... More
Berlin: I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, Agfa, 1938. Small 8vo., 101 pp. Stiff paper wrappers. The lower tip of the last 50 pages are creased. Stamped on the margin of the front wrapper and title page, "Return to Adv. Dept." Very good. Discusses various Agfa films, development and developers... More
New York: Berlin Aniline Works, [ca. 1900]. 12mo., 88, pp., [viii] blanks. Illustrations from engravings. Stiff paper wrappers, stain on rear wrapper. Signatures loose and laid-in wrappers; else very good. Discusses and describes Agfa developers in substance and ready for use, intensifiers, reducers, isolar plates and flat films. Includes useful..... More
Berlin: I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, Agfa, ca. 1950. 12mo., 80 pp. Stiff paper wrappers. Very good. The process of development, composition of developers, making solutions, fine-grain development, development of photographic papers, causes of faulty results, etc. Text in English. More
[Berlin: Agfa [Actien-Gesellschaft für Anilin-fabrikation], ca. 1915. 12mo., 296 pp., illustrations from b&w photographs and drawings. Stiff paper wrappers. Very good. Complete instructions for the beginner, from choice of cameras through film developing, printing the picture and printing-out papers, exposures, dark room and its illumination, etc. Makes specific reference to..... More
Paris: E. Dentu, Libraire-Éditeur, 1861. First edition. 8vo., 47 pp. Illustrated wrappers. Light soiling to the wrappers, with scattered light foxing in the text. A very good copy. Menut Alexander Alophe, 1812 - 1883, studied under Paul Delaroche and Camille Roqueplan. As Pierre-Lin Renié wrote, "Alophe epitomizes the mediocre painter..... More
Binghamton, NY: Ansco Company, 1920. 8vo., 48 pp., illustrations. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Front wrapper has short closed tears and a small crease; very good. An illustrated catalogue of cameras, lenses, accessories and supplies; includes technical specifications and prices. More
New York: Anthony and Scovill Co., 1903. 8vo., 222 pp., illustrated with engravings. Lacking the wrappers; chipping and tears to the first 2 leaves of adverts. Good. In 1901, the two largest American manufacturers and distributors of photographic equipment and supplies joined as the Anthony & Scovill Co.; in 1907..... More
Paris: Librairie Plon, 1904-1908. First edition. Small 4tos., each volume approx. 700 pp., tipped-in and mounted plates, other illustrations in text, and illustrated adverts and appendices. 4 volumes: 1904, 1905, 1907 and 1908. All volumes in publisher's printed cloth, which is slightly soiled, with advert stamped on the top or..... More
London: The Autotype Company, [ca. 1925]. First edition. 12mo., 26 pp. Stiff wrappers, which are lightly soiled. Light foxing on first and last few leaves, else very good. A subtractive color process, which is similar to dye transfer; 3 color pigment sheets are used to transfer images from separation negatives..... More
London and West Ealing: The Autotype Company; New York: George Murphy, agents for the USA, [ca. 1930]. Second edition. 8vo., 35 pp., illustrated. Stiff wrappers with cloth spine; cracked at the gutter between p. 6 - 7, but firm. Very good. "The present illustrated edition ... has been entirely re-written..... More
San Francisco: San Francisco Artspace, 1989. Babcock, Jo. First edition. Oblong 8vo., (12) pp., 10 b&w photos. Die-cut stiff wrappers. Very good. Jo Babcock transforms objects into pinhole cameras -- suitcases, paint cans, mailboxes, gallery spaces and even Volkswagen buses. Babcock received his BFA and MFA from the San Francisco..... More
London: Baird & Tatlock, 1894. 8vo., 291 pp., over 1500 illustrations from engravings. Gilt-titled publisher's cloth; hinges show slight cracking, edges stained red. Paper repair to the front blank flyleaf. Owner's neat signature on the title page. Very good. A priced catalogue of chemicals and the various apparatus required by..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1889. First ed. 8vo., vii, 132 pp. Rebound in new stiff paper wrappers with the original wrappers mounted to front and rear. Some creases, else very good. Volume one of two. More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, Imprimeurs Libraires, Éditeurs de la Bibliothèque Photographique, 1889. First edition. 12mo., vi, 26 pp., (12) pp. publisher's catalog. Newly added facsimile wrappers. A fine copy. Sewn in at rear is the publisher's "Catalogue de Photographie."Roosens and Salu No. 3047. More
Paris: MM. Puech, [1884]. First edition. 8vo., 15 pp. Printed wrappers. Near fine. Eder discusses, in his chapter "Film Photography and the Rapid Growth of Amateur Photography," (HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY) the advantages of using light sensitive paper over glass plates and lists the various inventors who advanced the processes. He..... More